my house,” she said, throwing a plastic bottle angrily at an area were pigs were

scavenging.

The Haitian president called on his countrymen to show patience,

and he ­defended the government against accusations of inaction.

“No one is alone in his situation. I understand that people suffer

because they have relatives under the rubble, but they must understand that

there are thousands of people in that very same situation,” said Préval, adding

that people underestimated the extent of the damage.

UN chief Ban Ki-Moon was set to visit Haiti today and the world

body has appealed for $562 million from donors.

The UN mission was hit hard by the earthquake, with 37 of its

12 000 employees confirmed dead and some 330 still unaccounted for.

– Sapa-AFP,

Reuters.

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